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U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol Building on Sept. 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesA New York man who received a pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has been charged with threatening to kill House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries.Christopher Moynihan, 34, of Clinton, is charged with making a terroristic threat against Jeffries, New York State Police said. He is being held in lieu of a $10,000 cash bail.Moynihan, in August 2022, pleaded guilty to five…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks to members of the media as he arrives at a lodge for the Allen & Co. Sun Valley Conference on July 8, 2025 in Sun Valley, Idaho.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Tuesday announced ChatGPT Atlas, a new artificial intelligence-powered web browser.The company said the browser was built around ChatGPT, and users will be able to open the chatbot as a sidebar on any page to help offer summaries, explanations or to carry out tasks within a window.The launch of ChatGPT Atlas puts OpenAI in direct competition with rivals like Google…

Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesHBO Max is the latest streaming services to raise its prices.The streaming giant, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, announced Tuesday that it is raising prices across all plans. HBO Max’s Basic with ads plan is increasing $1 a month to $10.99, the Standard plan is going up $1.50 to $18.49, and Premium is increasing $2 to $22.99. HBO Max last raised prices in June 2024.The price hikes are effective immediately for new subscriptions. Existing monthly subscribers will be notified 30 days in advance of their plan renewing, with the new prices starting on their next…

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) questions U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesRepublican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska on Tuesday warned President Donald Trump that his proposal for the U.S. to buy Argentina’s beef will hurt American cattle ranchers and fail to lower prices.”Bottom line: if the goal is addressing beef prices at the grocery store, this isn’t the way,” Fischer wrote in an X post.Trump floated the idea over the weekend as a way…

The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit on March 16, 2021.Rebecca Cook | ReutersDETROIT — General Motors CFO Paul Jacobson on Tuesday said the company expects earnings next year to top its 2025 results, which have performed far better than Wall Street’s expectations.Investors had been hoping to hear comments about 2026 guidance as the automaker reported third-quarter earnings that included raising 2025 guidance and topping Wall Street’s expectations.”Looking ahead to 2026, we have multiple levers to carry our current momentum forward, including progress on [electric vehicle] losses, warranty costs, tariff offsets, regulatory…

CM Afridi praises provincial bureaucracy, police for ensuring people’s vote prevails in K-PKhyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. SCREENGRAB PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has claimed that the resurgence of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the result of the “flawed policies of the federal government”, accusing the Centre of withholding war-on-terror funds and other constitutional dues owed to the province. He urged the federal government to release funds timely, saying this was essential for the provincial administration to strengthen its police force and effectively combat terrorism. “Unfortunately, flawed policies of the federal government have reignited terrorism in the province,” Afridi said…

Defense and aerospace giants raised their outlooks for the year on Tuesday, citing stronger demand despite economic uncertainty and tariffs.GE Aerospace, Northrop Grumman, RTX and Lockheed Martin each beat third-quarter Wall Street profit estimates, with only Northrop missing revenue estimates, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG.GE, which is both a defense supplier and a major engine maker for Boeing and Airbus commercial planes, raised its full-year adjusted revenue growth outlook from “mid-teens” to “high-teens” and its free cash flow forecast from a range of between $6.5 billion and $6.9 billion to a range of $7.1 billion to $7.3…

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms Inc., during a dinner with tech leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would be imposing tariffs on semiconductor imports “very shortly” but spare goods from companies like Apple Inc. that have pledged to boost their US investments. Photographer: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWill Oliver | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMeta Platforms’ CEO Mark Zuckerberg will need to testify at the first trial over the adverse effects of social media on younger users, a Los…

* The AI technology boom sweeping China is taking root in art studios and modern factories across Jingdezhen, the country’s porcelain capital.* During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), China has placed innovation at the heart of its modernization drive.* While embracing new technologies, Jingdezhen continues to regard its centuries-old craftsmanship as the soul of the trade.NANCHANG, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) — In Jingdezhen in east China, where flames have burned for ages to produce custom-made ceramics treasured across the globe, a new force is emerging to redefine this ancient handicraft — artificial intelligence (AI).Thousands of porcelain shards from dragon jars…

Defence Minister Khawaja Asif speaks during an interview with British-American journalist Mehdi Hasan on his show Mehdi Unfiltered. SCREENGRAB A ceasefire agreement between Islamabad and Kabul rests on the ruling Afghan Taliban’s ability to rein in terrorists attacking Pakistan across their shared border, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Reuters on Monday. “Anything coming from Afghanistan will be (a) violation of this agreement,” said Asif, who led the talks with the Kabul regime’s acting defence minister, Mullah Yaqoob Mujahid. “Everything hinges on this one clause.” In the written agreement signed by Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkiye and Qatar, it was clearly spelled out…